Weathered love

Since 1876 this grieving man has looked Heavenwards, imploring God to give him back his beloved wife.

This photograph is a detail of a very Victorian monument to a lost wife and mother; A father and son stand bereft over her bed as her soul passes on to eternity.

I like the way it has weathered, softening but not hiding his stoic expression, his brave face, his abject loss.

Photographed at Kensal Green’s St Mary’s Catholic Cemetery

Canon 10D
1/180th sec @ f 9.5
35-135mm lens at 135mm
ISO 200